tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-187564702024-03-07T09:03:01.555-05:00Trying to Capture LifeBut the more I try to capture it, the more I miss out on. Even as I am taking a picture or recording a video or writing a new blog entry, precious minutes of my life are passing by..
Still, I'm doing the best I can.Yashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13265345609304608398noreply@blogger.comBlogger488125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18756470.post-17795888415745723852011-02-23T01:20:00.000-05:002011-02-23T01:20:05.153-05:00Import flash puppet into toon boom animate [Part 1]<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">A few days ago I <a href="http://www.yashrg.in/2011/02/robot-character-design-for-2d.html">posted</a> an image of a robot puppet work in progress. Before I spent more time finessing that one puppet though, I needed to figure out it is going to come into Toon Boom Animate Pro without any hiccups. So, I spent a good part of the weekend and today trying to figure out how to properly import a flash puppet into Animate Pro.<br />
I started off by importing one of the finished puppets from my digicel 1 class final project from August 2010. I had intended for this to be entirely animated in flash and thus went all out. There were movie clips with effects applied to them nested inside graphic symbols. The graphic symbols themselves had different poses on different frames that I could select. So far, I only knew that Animate Pro had a pretty slick drawing substitution implementation. I was hoping the importer would be smart enough to figure out the flash substitutions just fine. However, the importer was far from smart. Saying "It did not go well" would be an understatement. Here is what my puppet looked like:<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVftAlobDs4gMU9b4O46xXriYZA73rXu5uXVwYtIoSxGGsEJU8obxQT1NPtLJpSdl7vcNNW8gE9CqXtEuiA469RqOY8VPfShqh604j0oZ-zfNwJluMAds4JzPBQyru5x8zUVjC/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-02-23+at+12.50.59+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVftAlobDs4gMU9b4O46xXriYZA73rXu5uXVwYtIoSxGGsEJU8obxQT1NPtLJpSdl7vcNNW8gE9CqXtEuiA469RqOY8VPfShqh604j0oZ-zfNwJluMAds4JzPBQyru5x8zUVjC/s320/Screen+shot+2011-02-23+at+12.50.59+AM.png" width="171" /></a></div>Yes, he was half naked, missing his glasses, and hands. Few things stood out immediately.<br />
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<ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Toon Boom Animate Pro will not import symbols that are movie clips and have effects applied to them.</li>
<li>Animate Pro will not recognize your flash 'alternate drawings' or drawing substitution. The drawing substitutions panel is outright dumb. Observe exhibit B: A shoe substitution for the backpack.</li>
</ul><br />
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</div><div>The others however, I was left guessing at. I first tried shorter symbol names. I removed guide layers in the symbols, and I removed excess frames from inside my hands since I wasn't going to be able to use them anyways. I flattened the artwork (I have a habit of working in layers) and made all the symbols (even with multiple colors/shapes) one layer. But still, this:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0pGJK4JHQXhDizBMsrihPUpWKo7vBKTlkS5s3lPAULVb-Jfac2rF-Hpsv1xZjtGx99OMMFHoExTS0uHooBywBgALnHcRUhgeHjnL2526xy5JT8i1XfCvGpeKDhkudyELOP1SR/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-02-23+at+12.53.53+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0pGJK4JHQXhDizBMsrihPUpWKo7vBKTlkS5s3lPAULVb-Jfac2rF-Hpsv1xZjtGx99OMMFHoExTS0uHooBywBgALnHcRUhgeHjnL2526xy5JT8i1XfCvGpeKDhkudyELOP1SR/s320/Screen+shot+2011-02-23+at+12.53.53+AM.png" width="152" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><ul><li style="text-align: left;">Remove excess frames from inside the symbol timeline.</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">Remove guide layers</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">One layer artwork.</li>
</ul><br />
<div>Here, I had just one layer for the hands; just one fill and one outline. To further simplify it, I took the darker outline out of the hands. Even though it made them look like amorphous blobs, I just had to get something in there. And I succeeded. (I removed the backpack and water bottle because they weren't necessary here)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk1ALaRFp6qitVXajZfsXGZLm9B3pYo8mnwt7mRAK_Tffk56epm5s_gmNnD0XvW1cxDtw5SG-dIUCEss6h9B0TzVaelAsj7tP1SnZDdMEvapjRCnmpJDsfSXeceO4jkHXlY2ep/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-02-23+at+1.06.02+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk1ALaRFp6qitVXajZfsXGZLm9B3pYo8mnwt7mRAK_Tffk56epm5s_gmNnD0XvW1cxDtw5SG-dIUCEss6h9B0TzVaelAsj7tP1SnZDdMEvapjRCnmpJDsfSXeceO4jkHXlY2ep/s320/Screen+shot+2011-02-23+at+1.06.02+AM.png" width="139" /></a></div><div><br />
</div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Remove outline</li>
<li>No masks/Masking</li>
</ul><div>The glasses and the eyes were the final piece of the puzzle. I did way too many things with the glasses to list here. And the real value is in telling what my big discovery was. It didn't matter how many colors or layers there were in the artwork, the problem was with lines. Once I used "Modify > Shape > Convert lines to fills" in flash, it imported just fine! Who coulda thunk it?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdH0L_rJUSXNBGgiNFlLVHp9Yhy0npwq7Ky18gSCFJQ8hgGV-6uDJu4LkjtDOQIdTW7FcfvI2tZJSwf9A7LRmEgSGWeBX5TvmokKL2A3okaC5LrPc5DQIuc2HOHegitO_HM2Mp/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-02-23+at+1.16.44+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdH0L_rJUSXNBGgiNFlLVHp9Yhy0npwq7Ky18gSCFJQ8hgGV-6uDJu4LkjtDOQIdTW7FcfvI2tZJSwf9A7LRmEgSGWeBX5TvmokKL2A3okaC5LrPc5DQIuc2HOHegitO_HM2Mp/s320/Screen+shot+2011-02-23+at+1.16.44+AM.png" width="152" /></a></div><div><br />
</div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Toon Boom Animate Pro cannot import flash artwork that has lines.</li>
<li>Animate Pro will only import artwork that is all fill.</li>
</ul><div>So even if you just sort of skimmed through the article, if you only remember the bulleted points, you'll save some of your hair from turning grey when you're trying to import flash puppet into Toon Boom Animate Pro.</div></div></div><div><br />
</div><div>Because I think this is already enough information to type(for me) and swallow,(for you) I will post part two of this tomorrow or something.</div><br />
</div>Yashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13265345609304608398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18756470.post-82086448674807599972011-02-20T15:06:00.000-05:002011-02-20T15:06:53.403-05:00Going from thumbnail to finished<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">I quickly sketched out a few thumbnails for a layout. I was pretty happy with few and I got the go ahead to finish them. I started off with a lot of excitement and enthusiasm. However, a few hours into working in illustrator, I was not feeling the same way about it anymore. I couldn't figure out why and feeling frustrated, I put that on the shelf for a week. I decided I really should be getting back to that so I open up the file today, and like magic, I suddenly saw all the problems.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_toc4Lnw7f473KUnTkzyOJZ2pi9DLx_f6e6c4U2bikPOKgNgtLZEYaYe1lnxxI52rS3_-KJtyZeavDVmrbJ5Fhhbl1HrmKSVa4tGxfdtLkSyTFtCQVbYH8ngoHLhuX24taZU7/s1600/curving+buildings.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="167" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_toc4Lnw7f473KUnTkzyOJZ2pi9DLx_f6e6c4U2bikPOKgNgtLZEYaYe1lnxxI52rS3_-KJtyZeavDVmrbJ5Fhhbl1HrmKSVa4tGxfdtLkSyTFtCQVbYH8ngoHLhuX24taZU7/s320/curving+buildings.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>My thumbnail was highly cropped, and left a lot of details to be filled in by the viewer's brain. (I realize detailing and finessing is one of my weak points, that's why I could never be an illustrator. But I knew I did this one finished background before so I should be able to do this too.) But in illustrator, I was working with an expanded canvas. And that's where I screwed up trying to fill in this extra space in illustrator. Here is a screenshot for you all to see what I'm talking about. The ground plane for instance. And the foreground building on the left. Maybe I will start over. Maybe I needed this kick.<br />
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</div>Yashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13265345609304608398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18756470.post-44585968081624743542011-02-16T14:48:00.000-05:002011-02-16T14:48:29.668-05:00Damn this Mukesh Singh is pretty awesome!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><iframe align="left" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=trying-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=1606901745&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="height: 245px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 5px; width: 131px;"></iframe><span style="font-size: small;">I was going through my RSS feeds and on parkablogs.com I saw some amazing illustrations that looked inspired by Indian Mythology. The title of the post was Art from Grant Morrison's 18 days. "Huh?" I went.</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRHlb2sG1LfZev0YbOtdbtYh4wBS3g4KvUGKv2DQE_mORb0czc7s8G206MVl_-dMxVhk2tmFEB0mytQUK4Kh9ryfZo9CxdB841CT0roKENp4Dh7z6gbyG7IcX5LWDqJamhJOks/s1600/grant-morrison-18-days-14.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="217" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRHlb2sG1LfZev0YbOtdbtYh4wBS3g4KvUGKv2DQE_mORb0czc7s8G206MVl_-dMxVhk2tmFEB0mytQUK4Kh9ryfZo9CxdB841CT0roKENp4Dh7z6gbyG7IcX5LWDqJamhJOks/s320/grant-morrison-18-days-14.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">But as I went on reading further, I found out that this book has a story inspired by the Mahabharat and the illustrations are done by the same Mukesh Singh who did other sequential art stuff like Devi, Gamekeeper, Shadow Hunter. I was immediately tempted to buy this book. And I would recommend this to anyone interested in Indian mythology or art.</span></div>Yashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13265345609304608398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18756470.post-76711699787703095692011-02-16T01:46:00.000-05:002011-02-16T01:46:29.248-05:00Robot character design for 2D production<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8LABkrmNd0Vg6Jgqq-rXNfitdo4wPStHco0RKIH0DUkZQKEkuVCWd-o2jOt9WqmhUCH_pFpiZfsx45zctz88swDdWqvSgGfmucOUcuiW0ZOplq2bX1RF6cA9XDluPqAAQcTyb/s1600/puppet03.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8LABkrmNd0Vg6Jgqq-rXNfitdo4wPStHco0RKIH0DUkZQKEkuVCWd-o2jOt9WqmhUCH_pFpiZfsx45zctz88swDdWqvSgGfmucOUcuiW0ZOplq2bX1RF6cA9XDluPqAAQcTyb/s400/puppet03.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
Here is a work in progress image of my robot puppet being done in flash. I had intended to animate this guy in Animate Pro. However, looking at the puppet now, I think I might have made a mistake with the character design considering my medium.<br />
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Because he is such a boxy character, a lot of perspective comes into play. Shapes will look different when his arms and feet are moving about. Doing a very convincing walk with him could be difficult.<br />
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I would appreciate any suggestions or cheats to make this work.</div>Yashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13265345609304608398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18756470.post-76878904213848196672011-02-16T01:36:00.000-05:002011-02-16T01:36:48.476-05:00Not for people with upper body strength of a 10 year old girl<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><b>Prelude:</b><br />
I cannot swim, have a fear of deep waters and I decided to sign up for an activity that involves me being alone in a narrow canoe in a river for half a day. Why? Because my best friend Soumitra Goswami convinced me to.<br />
"It is not very deep at all" he said, "You can stand in the water and it only comes up to your waist."<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjHuxHpziKONWwByQ-0kTzUsQoOScP8z70DQg1tutR-G-F_GABXN5wzC711lTPgzAxr2NjSVq_A8bY-g10J0BcsOkwcS1eBqvFH6wRwC9jl9fBLwNG5apfSCeeuYPO335PuyDq/s1600/6147.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjHuxHpziKONWwByQ-0kTzUsQoOScP8z70DQg1tutR-G-F_GABXN5wzC711lTPgzAxr2NjSVq_A8bY-g10J0BcsOkwcS1eBqvFH6wRwC9jl9fBLwNG5apfSCeeuYPO335PuyDq/s1600/6147.jpg" /></a>"That doesn't sound too bad."<br />
"Yeah, its fun. I can't swim either."<br />
*blank stare*<br />
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So once I was assured that I wouldn't have to do a barrel roll underwater or something crazy like this, I went and put down my $25 bucks for a Friday I would be looking forward to more than any other day! (It was a day after my birthday and I am not a fan of my birthdays)<br />
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<b>The build up:</b><br />
All the prep that was required was to make sure I was dressed for the heat and to get wet. Put on my beach shorts and the new sleeveless t shirt I had just bought. No <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Pentax-Waterproof-Digital-Camera-Optical/dp/B0019V2CR8?ie=UTF8&tag=trying-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">camera</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=trying-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B0019V2CR8" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" />, no cellphone, no ipod no headphones. Just some cash, and the keys to my bike and apartment. I skipped breakfast as I thought I was running late. Big mistake! We were going to have lunch provided by the ISSO but that wasn't going to be until later in the day. Thankfully, Justin in the car had some cherries, strawberries and blackberries. The ride wasn't too long. Soon we were outside the car and stretching while Joshua was getting the kayaks ready.<br />
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Between conversations(I am really not much of a talker) with all the new people around me, I took some time off to wander around. Looking out to the calm river that I will be traveling down, all the trees, the critters...(I walked up to the little bridge where I saw a tiny grey/almost white frog sitting extremely still on the post... Gah I wished I had my <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Nikon-Digital-18-55mm-3-5-5-6G-Zoom-Nikkor/dp/B000KJQ1DG?ie=UTF8&tag=trying-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">camera</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=trying-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B000KJQ1DG" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" />! As you can see, it is hard for me to be away from technology. I moved on, fascinated at having seen what I saw and thinking nobody else will ever be able to experience the moment they way I did.<br />
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<b>Boats away:</b><br />
I wasn't sure if I wanted to be the first one in the water or the last one. I was in some mystery land between excited and apprehensive. After Matthew was in the water, (big guy who used to be a life guard) I figured it was safe to go in. I grabbed a paddle, put on the bright orange life jacket and sat down on the cushion. Joshua pushed me into the water, and with minimal rocking back and forth, I was moving forward gently. Time to put my paddle in the water and practice what we'd been instructed.<br />
"Make sure both your hands are equidistant from the center. Make sure the paddle is not slanted or you're not getting the most out of your stroke. When you want to turn left, put your oar in the left side and paddle backwards. Likewise for the other direction. Quickly paddle backwards to stop."<br />
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Once everyone was in the water and the newbies had had enough practice, we decided to head out the first bend. Joshua took the front, Matthew was in the middle. I knew that's where I wanted to be! And Jeff was in the long canoe at the very end.<b> </b>An advantage of being in the middle is people up ahead could warn us of trees or shallow spots coming up. You can learn from their mistakes and be prepared. I got really hot under the life jacket so I decided I wanted to take off my t-shirt. I told Matt I wanted to do this and he guided me to a shallow stop, and stayed close while I very carefully removed my t shirt and put the life jacket back on. However, as people had started paddling faster, I fell behind.Which meant no overexcited people speeding towards me from the behind, and the the sound of collective human blabbering will only be coming from one direction.<br />
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All I wanted to hear was the sound of my own breathing, the water from my paddle, the rustling of the trees and the birds that flew about the woods. No cars, no machines, no appliances, no computers, no cellphones or headphones. Just the insects the, the heat...wait, I thought this was supposed to be fun. <br />
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<b>Second Leg:</b><br />
I had already admitted to Jeff that I was tired. That didn't mean I'd given up. However, I was relieved when he said, "we'll have a swim break soon enough." I saw that people had started collecting around a sandbar. I relaxed and got there at my own pace, parked my kayak and reached for another Gatorade. I watched the others get into the water while I stood under a shady tree. Weirdly, I was talking to people about <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Framing-Invisibility-Stereotyping-Positioning-Contemporary/dp/3838346831?ie=UTF8&tag=trying-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Professor DaCosta</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=trying-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=3838346831" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" />'s stories from Animation History class. Once people who swam were done cooling off, we took a quick group shot and were on our way again.<br />
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This time I decided to start early. Big mistake. As I bumped into one tree, then another. As the river sped up around the corner, I got stuck in a beaver dam. Joshua and Matt both had to come to my rescue. They held the tree branch so I had some room to duck and get out and didn't get scraped. While also pushing me since I couldn't paddle fast enough. I was freed, but Matthew was now stuck. And his kayak flipped in the process of trying to get himself out. Think he lost his t-shirt then.<br />
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Well, paddling more carefully and slowly, I kept going till it was time to take the lunch break. We approached a sandy shore and parked our canoos. I couldn't wait to get into the cool water and cool off. I also needed food. There was some delicious cold rice, the recipe for which I'd be getting from Jeff for sure. And some sandwiches and chips. I sat in the shallow water with my plate of food, and a cold bottle of coke. It was amazing.<br />
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<b>Last Leg</b><br />
After we were all stuffed up with food, we began the last and longest and for me the most painful part of the trip. It was like an endurance test. But I think after one point my brain completely shut down the pain. I just knew I was going to feel it tomorrow. I did not let it interfere with my enjoyment of the serene location. I was one of the last couple of people to get to our pick up point. There we emptied the kayaks, helped load those up in the carrier and had some watermelon. Then we were on our way to return to good old Savannah and relax after our amazing day kayaking at the Ogeechee river<br />
<b> </b></div>Yashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13265345609304608398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18756470.post-21973096738049259702011-02-11T14:00:00.000-05:002011-02-11T14:00:02.095-05:00Search and ye shall find<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">The solution to those tricky annoying popups and pop unders:<br />
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I remember the days when browsers did not have popup blockers built in. Popups were getting so out of control that third party developers decided to cash in on this by offering softwares that promised to block these popups. They would tout their abilities by number of popups blocked. Us early adopters of the internet considered them our saviors. Slowly browsers started coming with pop up blocking built in. Oh Joy! Now browsers were boasting about their pop up blocking capabilities. The third party softwares had their fifteen seconds of fame.<br />
I might be wrong here, but I like to believe there was a time when the problem went away with 'good/nice' web developers agreeing that popups were an annoyance. We could go about our major online activities without being bombarded with popups. Popup blocker wasn't talked about anymore. And the term 'popup blocker' was put on a shelf or in some internet museum. Ask the kids today and they might not know about it at all. Or they might assume it was something that was just there; like cellphones or high speed internet. But those who relied on the home phone line and a dial up modem know how it came to be.<br />
But like those once in a while reception issues(or persistent reception issues for those on At&t), there are some websites that still manage to throw popups at you. They have successfully outsmarted the ignored and outdated popup blockers in these browsers. By the use of javascript, clicking anywhere on the page, even if it is not apparent as a link, can trigger multiple popups.<br />
To see what I am talking about, and to get a (safari)solution to this, go <a href="http://optimalcycling.com/other-projects/better-pop-up-blocker/safari/">here</a>. (be prepared for google bing and some other website popping up in different windows when you click on the test area)<br />
Basically your problem should be solved. But much thanks if you are still reading along.<br />
On one distracted friday afternoon, I decided I didn't want to 'suffer' through another popup again. I googled "advanced popup blocker chrome safari". The solution was in the top two links.(your mileage may vary.) But go <a href="https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/nmpeeekfhbmikbdhlpjbfmnpgcbeggic">here</a> to download the google chrome extension. I also found the link to the same extension for safari 5 and my next task is to install it on there. Happy popup-ad free browsing!<br />
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In a dark room, Jai is illuminated by multiple computer monitors showing long lines of text. He has his foot up on the table and a keyboard in his lap. He types some stuff then picks up the keyboard and puts it on the desk. Grabs his cup of coffee, takes a sip and goes to put it back down.<br />
Just as he is pulling his hand away from the cup, there is a loud banging on the door and he spills the coffee on the keyboard.<br />
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“Jai! We have a situation out here!” a hoarse voice yells. Jai is still trying to save the keyboard, turning it upside down on a towel and patting it. As he is doing this, some code is being typed in on the screen inadvertently. A warning dialog box pops up with OK and Cancel buttons.<br />
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Banging on the door again. We see Jai walking over to the door opening it up and walking back to the keyboard with the other guy following behind saying “the temperature program is going haywire…”<br />
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“I’ve got problems of my own, Phil” Jai says as Phil is transfixed on the computer monitor to which Jai is not paying any attention.<br />
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“What did you do!” says Phil still staring at the monitor as Jai finally looks up…<br />
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“Raining birds! How the…” Jai expresses in disbelief and despair.<br />
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Phil trying to hide how amused he is by this says “Dude, you are so getting fired for this!”</div>Yashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13265345609304608398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18756470.post-75663399713214069882011-01-20T23:49:00.000-05:002011-01-20T23:49:10.550-05:00Hollywood racism in Lion King<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Let me just get this out of the way: I am not going to be talking about the alleged "stereotyping" in the casting of hyena characters' voice actors. I think it is fair that there were also two protagonist characters Mufasa and Rafiqi voiced by African Americans.<br />
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While in Orlando this last weekend, I happened to see a little bit of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Lion-King-Disney-Special-Platinum/dp/B00003CXB4?ie=UTF8&tag=trying-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">The Lion King</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=trying-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B00003CXB4" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /> in the bus that transported us back from Universal resort to the hotel. And I started to think back to this discovery channel show about lions. The scientists were trying to figure out what kind of physical traits attract a female lion to a male lion. They made two stuffed life size lion dolls, one with dark black mane and the other with brown-blonde hair. Then they observed the lionesses from a distance. The lionesses just could not get enough of the dark haired lion dummy. Even lingering around and biting the dummy long after they had realized that he is not real as he wasn't reacting to them or even moving a muscle.<br />
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My point being, in the wild, dark haired lion is more desirable. However, the makers of Lion King, going with American conventions, had to make the protagonist light haired or 'caucasian' and the antagonist, dark haired—pretty much everything outside America to the south or east… or south east of Greece. Arabs, Indians, Koreans, pick whatever you want. I was also surprised that I couldn't find another blog post talking about this. So chime in on what you feel.</div>Yashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13265345609304608398noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18756470.post-11646619441056820402010-09-21T01:51:00.000-04:002010-09-21T01:51:58.202-04:00More 2D animation pencil test<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxeP_xePa0IvEz1HlXzd46eNgpAbaL61BAYiodpIETfx_nK-GZGSv0K-osM8JjFTnuEuc0i1k9ubtI' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div>Super excited to be starting this quarter because I am working in 2D animation again. This is the first pencil test of the quarter, Mushu(dragon from Mulan) head turn assignment. This obviously needs some fixes and I will fix it because the assignment isn't due till Wednesday.Yashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13265345609304608398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18756470.post-43735254687403897122010-06-30T11:39:00.000-04:002010-06-30T11:39:56.388-04:00Background almost finished<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKLCwQAR4-4c7KD5aa-rnJIUq4qOOO6SQBpwGeoMDXBuQxhjVMBjq-_dcFFfmmIQgoyre3dSS6NBTiIYOR3Ts_DrPgEvX1p_bIRKp7kfTjnjs9oaKmlI2Bt2b7jKou4eDk7JT8/s1600/background_06_30_02.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="112" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKLCwQAR4-4c7KD5aa-rnJIUq4qOOO6SQBpwGeoMDXBuQxhjVMBjq-_dcFFfmmIQgoyre3dSS6NBTiIYOR3Ts_DrPgEvX1p_bIRKp7kfTjnjs9oaKmlI2Bt2b7jKou4eDk7JT8/s200/background_06_30_02.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>So in my last blog post you guys saw the ultra sketchy photoshop piece which I used as a reference layer in flash to work on this. I have spent a lot of time on tiny little details. I hope the professor likes this.Yashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13265345609304608398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18756470.post-18280655051732893002010-06-25T16:00:00.002-04:002010-06-30T12:04:23.789-04:00First week of Summer Quarter<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">One of my classes this quarter is Digicel 1 with John Webber. It is an introductory flash animation class. Our first assignment is to design a background. I was really excited to do this background that I imagined would be used in a story I have had in my mind for a really long time now. Won't reveal the plot yet, but it is a bathroom scene. My family would probably find this piece familiar because the inspiration was the bathroom in my house in my hometown, Akola.</div><span id="goog_14203036"></span><span id="goog_14203037"></span><span id="goog_14203034"></span><span id="goog_14203035"></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><span id="goog_14203024"></span><span id="goog_14203025"></span><span id="goog_14203043"></span><span id="goog_14203044"></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_ZmBsUSH9Fj4JlJ1yYrd4sYF1yfM78LJZ7yhMKKouRazkvpPiwEb6DK2wHiBOeftadWTM16SMiAROiSr_LBD_c4RzOPzbUCTentiJ_8VXOqZMOHXz8kCsAvJF0NIdU7mOfPYD/s1600/digicel+bathroom+background+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_ZmBsUSH9Fj4JlJ1yYrd4sYF1yfM78LJZ7yhMKKouRazkvpPiwEb6DK2wHiBOeftadWTM16SMiAROiSr_LBD_c4RzOPzbUCTentiJ_8VXOqZMOHXz8kCsAvJF0NIdU7mOfPYD/s320/digicel+bathroom+background+2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>So this is the quick photoshop thumbnail/rough sketch with the color scheme(s). I applied some effects to this to convey a sense of heat and disorientation.Yashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13265345609304608398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18756470.post-67348375949153783982010-05-19T15:48:00.000-04:002010-05-19T15:48:40.926-04:00In-Class Storyboard DrawingsFor his Drawing for Storyboarding class, Prof. Benjamin R Phillips shows us a still from a different movie every class and has us sketch it out in 15 minutes. It involves studying the principles of storyboarding like composition, framing, staging, contrast, etc. Here are two examples from the last two classes. <br />
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First is from the movie "The Ghoul" and second(both) from Freaks. Lately we've been dealing with old black and white films that were shot in a different aspect ratio than today's cinema widescreen. So that's what the letterboxing on the right is.<br />
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But I got to watch the movie earlier this quarter at SCAD and had to write a field trip report for<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Framing-Invisibility-Stereotyping-Positioning-Contemporary/dp/3838346831?ie=UTF8&tag=trying-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank"> Charles DaCosta's</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=trying-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=3838346831" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /> class. Here is my paper which I finished last week.<br />
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I remember I first heard about Waking Sleeping Beauty on Mark Mayerson’s Blog when it screened at the Toronto international film Festival. It quickly left my mind as I finished my fall quarter finals and went on vacation. Early spring quarter, we got assigned our field trip which was to go watch Waking Sleeping Beauty at the Trustee’s Theater at SCAD. As all the great things I’d read about it on animation blogs started coming back to me, I got very excited that we would get to see this documentary.<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>I knew I had heard Don Hahn’s name before, and I realized I own the book he compiled from Walt Stanchfield’s lectures on figure drawing. He has also worked at Disney with Professor Troy G. And his page on IMDB page is full of fond names from mine and many of my peers’ childhood. This documentary is his debut as a feature director. Waking Sleeping beauty is a documentary about the revival of animation at Disney from 1980s to 1990s. He would also answer questions after the screening.<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The theater was jam packed with students, all animation junkies I presume. This was much bigger turnout than I had expected. I arrived a little late and quietly found myself a seat towards the end of the theater. And I was gripped by the movie from the get go. Being the animation nerd that I am also helped I am sure. The movie only used archived video interviews on screen. Interviews specifically conducted for the film were played as voice overs while funny and captivating imagery was played on screen.<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The story started off by talking about the time when Disney was in shambles. None of the movies were the success everyone hoped they’d be. The animators were beginning to lose hope and thought their days at Disney were numbered. Through home video footage we see animators staging a zombie apocalypse enactment in the studio. It was a nightmare scenario for these animators who were ripped apart from their ‘home’ their old studio and put in a new facility, uncertain of their fate.<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>But the magic was returned through the hands of the talented people like Eisner and katzenberg who were brought in at what was the lowest point of the company’s history. With a slew of successes from The Great Mouse Detective and Who Framed Roger Rabbit, the Disney animation era jump started again. Audiences were coming back to the theaters in hordes, the movies were making more and more money and the studio was prospering. However, all was not well.<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Animators still had a very stressful life. They worked long hours as Disney resolved to release one new feature length movie each year. They hardly had time to go home. Animators spent days and nights in the studio, never saw their family and kids. This was what everyone had always told me what working in the animation industry is like. The animators made the most of what they had. The studio became their second home, their co-workers became family. They had margarita nights where they let loose.<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The focus of the film shifted from the animators to the executives. The politics higher up in the company played an important role in the creative decisions of the studio. However, they did not seem to capture my interest. But it does serve as a lesson that the fate of a company can change drastically in the lack of good leadership. Also that good leaders need to keep their personal differences aside and work towards the greater good.Yashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13265345609304608398noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18756470.post-19918609261587860282010-05-07T16:01:00.005-04:002010-05-17T09:21:10.710-04:00SCAD president's chatToday, I believe Savannah College of Art and Design did something that had the potential of being HUGE! They had an open forum for students, faculty and staff to ask questions directly in front(or in the online presense) of President Paula Wallace. I was at work in Montgomery Hall cage and my friend Vijay Prabhakar who works at SCAD in Keys Hall reminded me that this was going on. And I decided to participate. I am copy pasting my question and answers I got.<br />
Yash Gupta: The SCAD site is very information heavy, but still does not provide me with an idea of what other students are creating and doing. I would love for scad to provide a forum/gallery where students can put up their work and interact with peers. I am sure this is something that would also appeal to prospective students. What are your views about such an offering?<br />
Paula Wallace: I am encouraging each chair to present lively, relevant information on each department's Web site. I believe recent past projects, guest speakers, awards, and facilities should be highlighted. We are very proud of our esteemed faculty, alumni, and students. I would like to see each department's Web site more effectively communicate its life and essence.<br />
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This, to me was a very unsatisfying answer. I really suggested something more open. Even if they were to come down to a level where each professor was displaying their students' works on a section of the SCAD website, it would mean more student works get exposure.<br />
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Then Jason Parker responded with the following:<br />
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Hi Yash, I'm SCAD's social media manager. We have a number of program-specific groups and pages on Facebook where students are encouraged to interact with each other. You can find a comprehensive list on SCAD's Facebook page at http://facebook.com/scad.edu under the ''Connect'' tab.<br />
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I feel this doesn't get us anywhere either. There are already better forums like conceptart.org and deviantart and blogger blogs where people can display their work. But the problem is exposure. When put under an umbrella of SCAD, the students are bound to get more focussed traffic and response and appreciation. I have a <a href="http://www.facebook.com/?ref=logo#%21/pages/Yash-Gupta/111595155529954?ref=ts">facebook fan page</a> of <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Yash-Gupta/111595155529954?v=photos&ref=ts">my work</a> that only has 17 fans at the moment.<br />
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Anyways, the fun didn't stop there. More after the jump break. <br />
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My second question was something much closer to myself and a very spur of the moment thing after I read some post about "midnight breakfast", which is something they do during finals week.<br />
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"Speaking of midnight breakfast, why doesn't Montgomery hall have a snack/break/lunch room with facilities like a microwave and coffee machine etc."<br />
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to which Paula Wallace simply replied: Cleanliness and pest concerns would have to be addressed.<br />
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[Edit: Removing expletives on account of the call I got from the ombudsman's office] My hopes of getting anything positive out of this Q&A session were going down the drain. I reasoned, "It is not like the students of Montgomery don't go to McDonalds and bring back food into the computer labs and eat right there, which is distracting, to say the least, to others who are trying to work."<br />
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I did not think this was something that would be fielded by anybody high up there, but Phil Alletto <span class="article_font">vice president of student success at SCAD</span> responded after a while,<br />
"We want to protect the equipment for students and so have developed policies against bring food into the labs. From time to time, nevertheless, we do have spills or other incidents that damage the equipment. As an institution we are committed to priving the very best, most up-to-date technology, Please help us to keep all of it in the best shape possible."<br />
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This only proves how clueless they are about what actually goes on in Montgomery hall.Sure all the computer stations say "Absolutely no food or Drinks allowed on this station" but students still bring food and drinks and keep it on the white tables in the center of the room. If you want to get an idea of what I am talking about, if you've never been to SCAD Montgomery hall, Go to the <a href="http://www.sfdm.scad.edu/intranet/student/">SFDM blog</a> <a href="http://www.sfdm.scad.edu/intranet/student/?page_id=23">photo gallery</a>, and look at photo number 8. I am not embedding that here because I do not own that image. There are students, in a class, with bottled drinks in front of them. During the wee hours of the night, students come back with burgers, chips, cookies, pizzas, you name it! Nobody cleans up after themselves—The janitors know this—and it only ends up degrading the work environment. The distracting smells, noise, the stupid conversation the other people are having while they eat… It is extremely annoying. A separate lunch room will make sure people who want to take a break in the middle of the night do so in a separate disconnected space and only dirty the one room instead of all three floors of the building. Not to mention keeping the equipment cleaner, safer, more hygienic.<br />
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My prompts encouraged someone else to ask a question about the food services here at SCAD:<br />
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<b>Jacob Fine</b>: Speaking on the subject of food at scad, I have experienced not only a lack of selection at the individual dining halls but also a lack of convient hours for students with later class scheduels and or people who prefer to eat at a later time. Are their going to any improvements in this section of student life, because I personally feel that it has been severely overlooked.<br />
And the response was:<br />
<b>Curtis Bolden</b>: Jacob, thanks for sharing your concern. When can we meet to discuss your concerns. My office is located at Turner House and I can be reached at 525 8741. I look forward to hearing more of your thoughts and sharing changes we are planning in Dining Services.<br />
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I think this was also a valid concern brought up by people actually impacted by all this. [edit] If Curtis bolden had shared an email address, I would have written an email myself and encouraged others to do so too.Yashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13265345609304608398noreply@blogger.com0Jackson Park, Savannah, GA 31405, USA32.048024643345464 -81.10879898071289132.046888143345463 -81.11062298071289 32.049161143345465 -81.106974980712891tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18756470.post-42790836184726917322010-04-15T02:34:00.000-04:002010-04-15T02:34:03.385-04:00More Beanbag AnimationI am very glad I did not post my flag animation here. While going through everyone's flag animation in class and hearing what Troy had to say to most of them about things they needed to fix, I inherently figured out that my animation was a piece of crap and will need to be fixed a LOT if I am to get a decent grade. I guess that's what you get when you finish your work last minute.<br />
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So I will be redoing the flag. In the mean time, I wanted to get going on the assignment I enjoy more, the Bean bag. I had shown my angry jab to Aradhana and she said it just seemed like he was poking or touching something. I decided to work some other actions into it. Like he may start off with a heavy exhale like a puff and go at the poor victim. Then he turns around in another grunt when he notices something that shocks him. That's where I am at. I cannot decide on which 'fear' emotion I want to work with. the duck? cower? retreat?<br />
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And actually just typing about this, I figured I might need more of a finger wagging than a jabbing action for my bean bag. I don't quite feel up for it tonight. My throat's got me down. So until next time folks!Yashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13265345609304608398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18756470.post-7976791287988555572010-04-13T06:33:00.000-04:002010-04-13T06:33:57.073-04:00Bean Bag Animation<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Pulled the first honest complete all nighter this quarter. Finished my flag animation, but here's something a little more intertaining (interesting+entertaining- that's my sleep deprived brain for you)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyurAXuYh3_SMw36aL27j9XvrJXqyrKhO81I1M773Wq8ZYkEh3i87vMco18qDHboGHB7EiuOhltPc4' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div>I call this Angry Jab. The first emotion my bean bag is going to act out. The entire animation has to be atleast 4 seconds with 3 distinct emotions. I mapped it out to anger the first second, then transition(shock) and 2nd emotion(fear) for the rest.<br />
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Gotta go catch the bus now.Yashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13265345609304608398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18756470.post-53952729774046706252010-04-11T13:13:00.002-04:002010-04-11T13:13:53.910-04:00Storyboard assignment Progress<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn2B5JOY7I2HOZgifFvvoe-dmf-Ib4sEtcOAsC9q2_tqjfyVVjq8Wyktd6YgnVqR4VdrhryKFbkWVG_AoSwatZXpj0X-HdMb4b3onqsFbzjkIZPgc8XeTnzkrmeRO2R0cF-zVh/s1600/markered2pt01+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn2B5JOY7I2HOZgifFvvoe-dmf-Ib4sEtcOAsC9q2_tqjfyVVjq8Wyktd6YgnVqR4VdrhryKFbkWVG_AoSwatZXpj0X-HdMb4b3onqsFbzjkIZPgc8XeTnzkrmeRO2R0cF-zVh/s320/markered2pt01+copy.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Yashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13265345609304608398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18756470.post-22946590182854678362010-04-08T10:44:00.001-04:002010-06-26T17:22:36.833-04:00If I had seen this last night, I wouldn't have gone home.The backstory goes something like this... I came to Montgomery hoping to get some kick-ass (<b>my</b> ass kicking) work done over the course of the night. I animated a few frames of the flag and shot it and it was extremely disappointing. Not just disappointing, it was actually terribly demotivating. I was not enjoying it at all. I knew very little to try to apply to the assignment I was working on. I had been there for only about two and a half hours. So I decided to plough through for a little bit more.<br />
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I switched gears and started working on the bean bag animation. I was enjoying this much more. But still the terribly stiff and jumpy flag was poking me in the back of my mind. So rather than dealing with it, I decided to go home. Caught the last Silver B bus back to the terrace and slept it off.<br />
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But this morning when I got here, the bad taste of the flag animation was long gone. I captured my keys and looked at my little bean bag guy aggressively jab, jump back and finally get sad. It was such an exciting moment for me that I could not Not share it with you all. And I just wish I didn't have to go to the class now so that I could continue working on this guy.Yashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13265345609304608398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18756470.post-24597764711916172742010-03-28T02:29:00.000-04:002010-03-28T02:29:45.597-04:00What I've been working on at this hour...The entire room is deserted. So very peaceful up in here. Just wish <a href="http://yashflickrg.blogspot.com/2010/03/human-company-is-overrated.html">my music</a> was with me. I just finished animating the bouncing ball. All 74 frames of it. or 27 drawings. I had some from my previous session. Doing the rest, along with making some changes to the previous drawings took me about one and a half hour tonight. This time I uploaded the video on youtube and am embedding that here because youtube gives you the option of seeing it bigger.<br />
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I removed one frame from before the first hit to make the ball seem like it was coming down faster and not sticking to the ground. I tried applying the same idea to the second bounce, and changed the frames 21(22) and 23(24) to be a little higher. I suppose this drawing will help explain some things.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Yashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13265345609304608398noreply@blogger.com0Jackson Park, Savannah, GA 31405, USA32.047966746113104 -81.10883903499598132.047398246113104 -81.10975103499598 32.048535246113104 -81.107927034995981tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18756470.post-7689945496097638462010-03-26T19:46:00.000-04:002010-03-26T19:46:02.376-04:00Bouncing Tennis Ball Test01<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dx29hys2qYpxc4jXumWsMPM68VBxWr-vXziLcrUzOq7nd0WkdZGZIAavcq8teGvebrih1O4CzPAJJk' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Here is the result of about 45 minutes of planning/roughing/thumbnailing and animating. My first bouncing ball assignment. Done solely on the observation of a tennis ball bouncing and the few guidelines on spacing and timing given to us by Professor <a href="http://movies.nytimes.com/person/834174/Troy-A-Gustafson">Troy Gustafson</a>. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I noticed that the ball lingers around the ground a little too long on the first bounce. I will fix it so that it immediately zooms back up. There's also more bounces to be animated. All that should be done this Sunday.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">As for life drawings, I have been doodling in class and will scan them as and when I get the time.</div><span id="goog_1825863363"></span><span id="goog_1825863364"></span>Yashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13265345609304608398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18756470.post-11766549869434491242010-03-22T12:35:00.000-04:002010-03-22T12:35:20.654-04:00I think I found my Favourite black pencil!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2LAF6Q8z51jLPr2jIhnqBr3MU9Rin4SnD2dZr-wbi93dqdRRnVe0iwD5eUBqrJ2gfu826wR2GF8aPNNgZncd1dSOtCFJi-sr9CI1t_8AsRepQbRsAa4dT7pz3Pnxljp5YG-xh/s1600-h/Passion%20for%20life01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2LAF6Q8z51jLPr2jIhnqBr3MU9Rin4SnD2dZr-wbi93dqdRRnVe0iwD5eUBqrJ2gfu826wR2GF8aPNNgZncd1dSOtCFJi-sr9CI1t_8AsRepQbRsAa4dT7pz3Pnxljp5YG-xh/s400/Passion%20for%20life01.jpg" width="343" /></a></div>This is a page of studies done from Stephen Silver's Passion for life sketchbook. Stephen Silver has a style of deforming the human figure which appeals to me a lot! But as I tried to loosely copy the drawings, I lost track of the structure and thus my studies look like absolute crap!<br />
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But on the bright side, I was workin in black pencil, which i rarely do lately. But this was a new pencil I got as a sample from a workshop at SCAD last quarter. And despite my very loose light hand, the marks came out very dark. And I like that about it. Bolder marks have something of a commitment and confidence to them. Anyways, That's all for now. Off to my Drawing for Storyboarding class with Benjamin Phillips!Yashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13265345609304608398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18756470.post-16075579780098076612010-03-22T10:50:00.000-04:002010-03-22T10:50:43.034-04:00Digital form space and lighting class<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDU6Lj8CIWeXFSpr6ne-J25ha9K7_yqdpdwi5SogkkQjeb5U5hi3Pinn86_G2ADlLpBZwh8DvziywdcTEzImD44OfI0uiXnWdq3Ok4xrW0BBkSDKlv7efLnF72Rc4-0s6K-L5s/s1600-h/wed01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDU6Lj8CIWeXFSpr6ne-J25ha9K7_yqdpdwi5SogkkQjeb5U5hi3Pinn86_G2ADlLpBZwh8DvziywdcTEzImD44OfI0uiXnWdq3Ok4xrW0BBkSDKlv7efLnF72Rc4-0s6K-L5s/s400/wed01.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW6ZdW8mh0x_5wyma6N1qhYFluwf5-uolTczz0xgnbUSYIErH5psaSgyaMPoiiAgl25ahdBEOZuuOU1Azxglu14Z1LACg-tgjPVuJexiUntBRc8c78AK9cxlPMxG11ba8-t4fX/s1600-h/test%201.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW6ZdW8mh0x_5wyma6N1qhYFluwf5-uolTczz0xgnbUSYIErH5psaSgyaMPoiiAgl25ahdBEOZuuOU1Azxglu14Z1LACg-tgjPVuJexiUntBRc8c78AK9cxlPMxG11ba8-t4fX/s400/test%201.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>The second one is a render from a work in progress stage. The final renders are in a tif format and I cannot convert them to jpeg just yet. Consider this as a teaser and wait for the final images sometime this week.Yashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13265345609304608398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18756470.post-78151300520505644822010-03-12T18:06:00.000-05:002010-03-12T18:06:02.763-05:00Finally got time to post some more<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwntEaIpQcAIO-c03mQlLMODgVvF-cfgyhvWgzHwZi0gHzhy0ohAI_Rm4sUee3SQkloBKycluQiZBpX1rfmqByBfCcaV0cavVo4zjidI6Xdt04FfyntFEPqiUvhAyl9pNXuJVM/s1600-h/gestures02.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwntEaIpQcAIO-c03mQlLMODgVvF-cfgyhvWgzHwZi0gHzhy0ohAI_Rm4sUee3SQkloBKycluQiZBpX1rfmqByBfCcaV0cavVo4zjidI6Xdt04FfyntFEPqiUvhAyl9pNXuJVM/s400/gestures02.jpg" width="288" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Yay! The quarter ended! These are from a few weeks ago. But I promise more recent stuff is coming soon.</div>Yashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13265345609304608398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18756470.post-83342295858629972912010-03-08T22:35:00.000-05:002010-03-08T22:35:49.794-05:00Bohemian Bullshit"You gotta learn to bullshit; Talk like a bohemian." he said.<br />
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The more I read, the more I am convinced I have no talent whatsoever with words, sentences and narratives. So I cannot, try as I might, make this any more interesting as it already is. Let me just give you some background.<br />
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The 'wise guy' who proclaimed the above is in my Survey of western art 2 class. We finally got our grades today. I always just thought to myself in that class, "I don't see it", "I don't get it" or sometimes even I don't agree. I constantly tried to analyze everything we read, watched and heard. Which would lead to me being overwhelmed by just how complex it all is. So much more involved than just memorizing dates and names like we did in survey 1. Thus, my final grade came as a complete surprise to me.<br />
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Walking out of the classroom, I casually asked him how he did in the class, and then remarked with a "good job!" when he started:<br />
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"Well, I was getting a C in this class, and I was scared I might go down to a D."<br />
"oh..."<br />
"But you know, you just gotta know how to bullshit. Learn to talk like a bohemian." he said while making grand gesture with his arm...<br />
"uh... sure..."<br />
I had, at that point, stopped paying attention.<br />
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Ever since 10th grade board exams, we have been told stuff like "Just make it look like you wrote a lot, nobody reads those essays anyways." or "Just throw big words in there". There were also tales of those who wrote plots of movies in their math papers and still passed. (I personally cannot verify that last one was true.) However, I considered that very unfair and never ever attempted such a thing. That is why finding a place where teachers actually take the time to read and remark on your college level papers with all their incoherence and grammatical errors was a reason for much joy.<br />
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I don't think I would have scored 100% on this class by bullshitting on the papers. I think it was my critical thinking and judging and analyzing that got me this mark. I am extremely happy about this.<br />
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I wish I could have been a little bit of a jerk that one time and told it to him to his face. Oh well, that's what I get for being a nice guy.Yashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13265345609304608398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18756470.post-69852809879477146982010-03-06T10:49:00.000-05:002010-03-06T10:49:27.478-05:00long overdue<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWawKsSIhz16YtU7C9vkYloX8_bHOCr2qW5_QYF8n_kwmtIiB25lmuh674znp0ItfyLqACrKOokCEAZFvfnpTUVSU63Xael7MVCV0cAO85xdF9NbC65J-gMQK-YwPeNB7bXLWF/s1600-h/gestures01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWawKsSIhz16YtU7C9vkYloX8_bHOCr2qW5_QYF8n_kwmtIiB25lmuh674znp0ItfyLqACrKOokCEAZFvfnpTUVSU63Xael7MVCV0cAO85xdF9NbC65J-gMQK-YwPeNB7bXLWF/s640/gestures01.jpg" width="468" /></a></div>Yashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13265345609304608398noreply@blogger.com0